On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 01:30:18PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
>
> >I recently got a local (Australian, NetComm) NIC that uses a 8139D.
> >The standard 8139too seems to work with it but I wonder if I can
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >get something more out of a driver that has extra support.
>
> [...]
>
> >Anyone knows the difference between the 8139C and 8139D?
>
>
>
> At the driver level, there should not be appreciable differences between
> the two chips. 8139C+ is the super-cool tulip-like chip from RealTek
> with all the speed and features. 8139D is just a small incremental
> revision of the chip. It does add a few features, but none that would
> affect performance or stability (positively or negatively).
>
> RealTek's 8139C+, and it's GigE cousin 8169 are really nice. I hope
> RealTek finds a lot of customers for these chips, because so far they
> are both solid, fast, and feature-full.
>
Do we have to assume that Eyal Lebedinsky should use 8139cp driver
instead of 8139too ?
Cheers,
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